Dickson, Cecilia R.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Cecilia Dickson is a litigator who focuses her practice on intellectual property disputes. Cecilia has represented clients in federal and state courts (at both the trial and appellate levels) and before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), the Court of International Trade (CIT), and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Cecilia also maintains a significant litigation practice involving product liability defense, covenants not to compete, lender liability, and various contractual disputes. She handles trademark prosecution, counsels clients on transactional and licensing issues, and provides e-discovery counseling on matters, including document retention policies. Cecilia has served as lead counsel in IP and non-IP matters and has jury trial and bench trial experience.

Cecilia devotes her time to several organizations and holds leadership roles in many of them. Currently, she is vice chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Intellectual Property Section, treasurer of the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association, and a council member of the Allegheny County Bar Association's Civil Litigation Section. Cecilia teaches courses involving constitutional law, civil rights and liberties, and American political thought as an adjunct professor at Saint Vincent College in the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics and Government. She is a member of the college's Alumni Council and was honored to serve as the principal commencement speaker in December 2008. Cecilia recently completed a term on the board of directors of the Spina Bifida Association of Western Pennsylvania and is a member of the Harvard Club of Western Pennsylvania.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Trial Practice
• e-Discovery
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• ITC Section 337
• Patent Litigation

Representative Cases

• A non-profit art education organization receives assistance in negotiating a successful resolution to protect its trademark
• EDS lodges patent dispute over systems for processing transactions using prepaid wireless communications
• EMCORE and JDS Uniphase awarded damages and finding of willful infringement in patent infringement litigation relating to technology for the suppression of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering and predistortion in optical communication systems , (2009)
• Huga Optotech defends against ITC patent infringement investigation involving LED technology , (2008)
• Lamson & Sessions pursues patent infringement action against IPEX
• Renal Solutions builds international trademark portfolio
• Sherwin-Williams successfully defends temporary restraining order/preliminary injunction action seeking enforcement of non-compete agreement involving senior executive
• Symbol Technologies asserts five patents relating to optics and software for reading and decoding bar code symbologies
• Textron obtains dismissals in silica exposure cases

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Copyrights, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patents, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

Education

• Harvard University
• St. Vincent's College

Published Works

• Privacy Law Fundamentals: Ongoing Governing Principles, A Privacy Primer for Corporate Counsel, 2009
• Researching Fine Lines: Federal Funding of Stem Cell Research and the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Forum on Public Policy, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2008
• The Challenges in Mobile Computing, New York Law Journal, 2008
• Winds of Change: Patent Law Reform Act of 2007, IP Review, 2007
• The Fundamentals of Idea Protection, PBI, 2007
• Local Rules and Fast-Tracking Cases in the Western District of Pennsylvania, Intellectual Litigation, ABA IP Litigation Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2007
• E-liminating an E-nigma of E-Discovery: Guiding Principles for Complying with Ethical Obligations Associated with Electronic Discovery, 2007
• Patent Reform Act of 2007: Bill Proposing Fundamental Changes to the Patent System (H.R. 1908) (S. 1145), 2007
• E-Discovery: Recent Case Developments and the Impact of the Revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on Litigation, 2007
• Getting Started: Procedures for Developing a Document Retention System, BNA Tax and Accounting Policy and Practice Special Report, 2007
• Chapter 8: Privilege, Understanding the New E-Discovery Rules, Defense Research Institute, 2006
• E-Discovery-Related Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 2006
• Special Masters Can Do the Heavy Lifting for E-Discovery, National Law Journal, 2006
• U.S. House of Representatives Proposes Sweeping Changes in the Patent Reform Act (H.R. 2795), 2005

Address

500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2514

Phones

1.412.394.7954 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.412.394.7959 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

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